Industry Watch: EMC groping for future direction of cloud storage

"Now that we are in a period of significant change, the entire IT community is moving from device/application centric to information-centric, and this shift will also trigger a series of changes that affect two levels of technology and business models." "At EMC China Research and Development Center's first" Innovation day, "said Ningshangyu, the EMC China Research and Development Center's chief architect. Ningshangyu that the biggest feature of cloud storage is mass, high performance/high traffic and low cost, and the biggest change is that providers are moving from selling tools to charging for actual use of tools, from selling to selling.

The cloud storage business model has many kinds, the advertisement charge pattern is one kind, this pattern has already been proven by the Google, the Baidu and so on the very effective business model. In addition, other business models may also be used in cloud computing, such as telecoms or power companies in terms of flow and dosage fees, this billing model is also widely used in a business model. In addition to these two business models, Ningshangyu said, EMC will provide a third business model, which is to provide the exchange information platform in cloud computing, so that third-party software providers and service providers can provide users with information management services in EMC's cloud computing platform, EMC, as a platform provider, can get added value.

Of course, cloud storage is facing a lot of challenges in terms of technology and future development, such as security, trusted computing, high volume of traffic, and large scale. EMC has named its own project "The Code of Conduct in the cloud environment" as "Tao", and it is precisely because compliance with the code of conduct in cloud computing is like the way vehicles or pedestrians must travel in their own "tunnels".

Facing the future development of cloud storage, Ningshangyu said some of the challenges that cloud computing may encounter in the country include technology, the location of the data center, and support for operating systems that are not limited to Windows, whether the pricing model is purchased in advance or customized, and the relationship structure of the partner; legally , encryption algorithms, data confidentiality, and so on, in terms of culture and behavior, localization, local language support, and the acceptance of information stored in the cloud, these are challenges to be faced in the future.

Manage Personal Information

Prior to that, EMC released the first cloud storage infrastructure product ATMOS and defined a new market category, cloud optimized storage. In fact, recently including UIT, China race and other manufacturers have launched a number of cloud storage products, but these products can be recognized by the market, and can really do cloud storage, is still unknown, after all, the development of cloud storage from the concept to technology need a process. In this respect, Ningshangyu also says EMC's cloud-optimized storage is focused on 2009 and the future.

However, it is the individual user-oriented cloud storage has been successful case, is expected to become a cloud storage breakthrough. EMC acquired two personal information service-related companies last year and this year, one is the personal information management company PI, a company that provides online backup services Mozy, recently, EMC has incorporated PI and Mozy into a new company Decho, focusing on cloud services for individuals or small businesses.

According to the introduction, in the United States, users can backup their data within the MOZY,2GB is free, if the monthly cost of 5 U.S. dollars, you can gain unlimited personal backup space, but also provides a computer-based and GB number of customized service mode.

Once there is such a small story, there is a mozy user's laptop was secretly gone, the user several days after the depressed suddenly remembered, although the notebook computer lost, but all of the information has been backed up to the mozy, you can find information mozy. So he logged into the Mozy account, suddenly found the phone list of thieves and other personal information also impressively, the original thief did not know this computer is mozy users, when he continued to use, not knowing his information also automatically backed up to Mozy, according to this clue, the thief finally failed to escape.